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Picturing UCLA
Visual history of UCLA, as told through 10,000+ images: photographic prints from the University Archives Photographic Reference collection.
Center for Oral History Research
In-depth, multi-session oral history interviews with individuals who have been a part of the history of Los Angeles and its many communities.

The UCLA Library partners with organizations worldwide to provide online access to their cultural heritage collections.

International Digital Ephemera Project (IDEP)
Ephemera from Armenia, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine and South Africa, including newspapers, posters, postcards and cellphone protest videos.
Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
Over 125,000 recordings of North America’s Spanish-language musical heritage, digitized by the Arhoolie Foundation and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
Sinai Manuscripts Digital Library
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Manuscripts from St. Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt, include history and literature of the Eastern Mediterranean from late antiquity to early modernity.
Sinai Palimpsests
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Spectral imagery of erased texts from over 160 palimpsest manuscripts in the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt from the 4th to the 12th century.